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... Chapter VII is reprinted from a series of notes of a part of the Glasgow course , drawn up for Sir W. Thomson by John Ferguson , Esq . , and printed for the use of his students . vi PREFACE . We have had considerable difficulty in ...
... Chapter VII is reprinted from a series of notes of a part of the Glasgow course , drawn up for Sir W. Thomson by John Ferguson , Esq . , and printed for the use of his students . vi PREFACE . We have had considerable difficulty in ...
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... course we have pur- sued is that wherever , in the present volume , the student may feel further information to be desirable , he will have no difficulty in finding it in the corresponding pages of the larger work . A great portion of ...
... course we have pur- sued is that wherever , in the present volume , the student may feel further information to be desirable , he will have no difficulty in finding it in the corresponding pages of the larger work . A great portion of ...
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... course of such a curve is , in common language , well called ' tortuous ; ' and the mea- sure of the corresponding property is conveniently called Tortuosity . 12. The nature of this will be best understood by considering the curve as a ...
... course of such a curve is , in common language , well called ' tortuous ; ' and the mea- sure of the corresponding property is conveniently called Tortuosity . 12. The nature of this will be best understood by considering the curve as a ...
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... course , if a pulley be fixed , the motion of a point of one end of the cord to or from it involves an equal motion of the other end from or to it . If the strings be not parallel , the relations of a single pulley or of a system of ...
... course , if a pulley be fixed , the motion of a point of one end of the cord to or from it involves an equal motion of the other end from or to it . If the strings be not parallel , the relations of a single pulley or of a system of ...
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... course of an hour , it may not have moved a mile altogether . We may suppose that , at any instant during the motion , the steam is so adjusted as to keep the train running for some time at a uniform velocity . This is the velocity ...
... course of an hour , it may not have moved a mile altogether . We may suppose that , at any instant during the motion , the steam is so adjusted as to keep the train running for some time at a uniform velocity . This is the velocity ...
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acceleration action amount angular velocity anticlastic attraction axis called centimetre centre of gravity centre of inertia circle circular co-ordinates component configuration consider constant cosine couple curvature curve cylinder denote density described diagram displacement distance ellipse ellipsoid elongation equal equations equilibrium external point finite fixed point flexure fluid forces acting friction geometrical given force Hence hodograph horizontal infinitely small instant inversely kinetic energy length magnitude mass matter measured moment of inertia momentum moving normal section P₁ P₂ parallel parallelogram of forces particle path pendulum perpendicular plane perpendicular portion position potential pressure principal axes principle produce projection proportional quantity radius radius of gyration reckoned rectangular right angles rigid body rotation round shear shell sides simple harmonic motion solid angle space spherical surface spiral square straight line strain stress suppose tangent theorem theory tion torsion uniform unit vertical whole wire